Advent Day 14 - Demandingness

When Jesus was born, the angels sang.  When he died, graves opened.  He lived to die.  He died so we'd live.

For further study:  2 Corinthians 5:14-16

For parents and children:  Get your children to talk about what it means to say someone is demanding.  Ask them how and when they think they're demanding.  Talk to them about how and when they think they're demanding. Talk to them about how, if Jesus had demanded what was his right, he would never have been willing to come to earth and be born in that manger in Bethlehem.

"Without Jesus living in the same surrender to which he now calls us, there would be no hope of the defeat of sin and no reality of eternal life for all who believe."

"It is true and valuable to remember that the gospel of Jesus Christ teachers us that the most wonderful things in life come to us not as the result of demand and control, but through sacrific and surrender."

For the month of December, there will be daily posts based on Paul Tripp's Advent book Come Let Us Adore Him.
You can also read more about this book and Advent at
https://tbcgrkidz.blogspot.com/2021/11/advent.html